The workplace maternity trap; Pregnancy bias claims seen on rise
Oct. 23, 1991
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Vikki Soreo-Yasher lost her job in January as building manager for a large real-estate firm in Lakewood, Ohio. Though her industry is hurting, this was not a recession-related layoff.
She was fired, she says, for being pregnant. One week before she was due to give birth and go on an eight-week pre-approved maternity leave, her boss announced she was being permanently replaced "because of the length of time the position would be vacant."
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Supreme Court: Health fears no excuse for bias; Fertility issue could affect 20 million
March 21, 1991
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Patricia Briner went off to work on the second shift at a Louisville auto battery plant Wednesday afternoon with a Supreme Court victory in hand and a money-making goal in mind.
The court, in a stunning decision that could affect the jobs of 20 million women, told Briner's employer, Johnson Controls Inc., that it can no longer keep fertile women out of high-risk - and often higher-paying - lead-exposed jobs out of concern for the fetuses they might be carrying.
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Women win high-risk jobs
March 21, 1991
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A surprising Supreme Court ruling Wednesday told employers they may no longer use a woman's potential pregnancy as an excuse to keep her from high-risk, higher-paying jobs.
The ruling, the biggest women's rights case in decades, "is a landmark case for millions of working women," says Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center.
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Battle over moms at war; Many seeing women's role in new light
Feb. 12, 1991
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Twenty years after the birth of the women's movement, the realities of the gulf war are causing many to rethink motherhood and the military.
Already, the United States apparently has its first female POW in Iraq. Soon it may have a woman coming home in a body bag. And what if she is a mother?
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Women change career paths; More choose to stay home with children
May 10, 1991
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Amy Meehan, 26, works 30 hours a week doing medical billing and other office work for a Potomac, Md., podiatrist. When she's saved enough to afford a second child, "I will more than likely be stopping work altogether."
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Suit puts spotlight on 'daddy stress'
June 21, 1991
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A father of two who claims he was fired for putting his family ahead of his job sued Microsoft Corp. this week, in a case that signals a growing trend among men in the workplace.
Until now, work-family conflicts have mainly been the concern of women. But as baby boomers age and have children, more men are balking at a work ethic that makes them absentee dads.
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Imbalance of power? Thomas case puts spotlight on battle of sexes in the workplace; Harassment not sole root of tension
Oct. 11, 1991
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What's everybody so mad about?
It's a question men and women in the workplace find themselves asking as they try to come to grips with the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill sexual-harassment controversy.
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Firms rethink sexual politics
Oct. 14, 1991
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In 1984, Patricia Swanson worked for a man who at various times appeared naked in her office, grabbed her thighs and humiliated her in front of colleagues with such comments as, "Have you ever seen such big boobs?"
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Study backs family leave
May 23, 1991
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Parental leave is neither costly, disruptive nor difficult for businesses to implement, says a study released Wednesday.
Family-leave advocates pushing for a federal law requiring up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave say the study shows that business has nothing to fear. "This study proves that a good family-leave policy is good business," said U.S. Rep. Marge Roukema, R-N.J., a key sponsor of the bill. But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims it will cost businesses at least $2.5 billion a year.
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On the 'Daddy track'; Wanted: Balance between work, family; Many fathers seek ways to have it all
June 15, 1990
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Steve Seigal took parental leave when his children were born. He stays home and nurses them when they're sick. He dashes out of the office to pick them up from day care.
When Seigal retires to his rocking chair, he wants to be confident he has built a rock-solid relationship with his kids. To do this he's had to make some adjustments at work.
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Women in Congress; Fighting the old boy network; Getting voice heard a daily balancing act
Apr. 1, 1992
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Carol Moseley Braun beware: Congress is a tough place to be a woman.
Even for a tough woman.
As a record number of women seek House and Senate seats this year - in an anti-Washington environment that seems perfectly suited to their underfinanced, underdog campaigns - they should know what women now serving in Congress know.
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Fit to be tied; White men feel slighted at work; Anti-bias efforts stir ire of many
Apr. 24, 1992
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Maybe white men can't jump, but they sure can whine.
In offices and factories across the country, the complaints from some particularly vocal white men are reaching a crescendo: They can't get hired, they can't get promoted, they can't get a raise, they can't get on the fast track. Women and minorities, they say, are getting all the breaks. No fair.
